Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2026-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Some offerings in town to lighten pasture grazing, despite the recent rains in the area grass is still short. Demand was very good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date July 8th Annual BBQ Yearling and Fall Calves Auction. No weigh-ups

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $523.82/cwt on 309 head, up $15.56 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 13 comparable sales and sits +20.97 against this barn's trailing median of $502.85.

Average price

$523.82

▲ 15.56 vs prior sale

309 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,954

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$2.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.30

vs NE average

+55.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	524.83	3,003	203
Medium and Large 1-2	548	521.88	2,860	106

One grade step is worth $2.95/cwt here — about $143 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $523.82, low $428.50, median $502.85 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale309 hd

523.82

—

NE average3 barns · 362 hd

520.52

+3.30

National average150 barns · 8,917 hd

468.46

+55.36

This barn, trailing median13 sales

502.85

+20.97

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

53 lots · USDA AMS · Bassett Livestock Auction - Bassett, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	342.93/cwt	338.00–348.75	3,464	445
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,070	324.92/cwt	320.00–333.00	3,477	983
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	602	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,902	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	831	408.67/cwt	407.00–412.00	3,396	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	2,333	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,491	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	407.60/cwt	406.00–416.00	2,951	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	460.44/cwt	445.00–471.00	2,629	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	423.73/cwt	416.00–433.00	3,267	343
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,908	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	450.90/cwt	435.00–471.00	2,782	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	496.70/cwt	481.00–512.00	3,124	392
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,892	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	993	322.50/cwt	317.25–323.75	3,202	319
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	575.91/cwt	565.00–580.00	2,868	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	518.90/cwt	505.00–539.00	3,025	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	427.01/cwt	413.00–444.00	2,861	339
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	606.00/cwt	606.00–606.00	2,582	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	380.22/cwt	376.00–389.00	3,133	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	361.47/cwt	352.00–364.25	3,373	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	476.52/cwt	464.00–488.00	3,236	287
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	457.89/cwt	446.00–465.00	3,283	476
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	349.29/cwt	342.00–354.00	2,885	215
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	654	494.00/cwt	494.00–494.00	3,231	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	3,132	345
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	571	513.00/cwt	513.00–513.00	2,929	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	341.76/cwt	340.00–344.00	3,383	408
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	472	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,549	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	766	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	3,217	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	648	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,851	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	384.79/cwt	380.00–385.50	3,332	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	820	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	3,296	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	761	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	3,227	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	533.95/cwt	526.00–541.00	2,878	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	569	524.00/cwt	524.00–524.00	2,982	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	484.75/cwt	460.00–499.00	2,792	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	868	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	3,012	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	450.68/cwt	443.00–458.00	3,078	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,201	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	396.37/cwt	372.50–405.00	2,668	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	873	351.97/cwt	350.00–354.00	3,073	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	441.50/cwt	441.00–443.00	2,565	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	673	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,975	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	467.49/cwt	445.00–500.00	2,015	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	425.06/cwt	405.00–430.00	2,674	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	473.37/cwt	457.50–485.00	2,556	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	456.76/cwt	452.50–467.50	2,900	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	513.85/cwt	490.00–520.00	2,600	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	359.80/cwt	352.50–365.00	2,814	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	417.00/cwt	352.50–426.00	3,077	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	492.01/cwt	485.00–496.00	2,362	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	541.19/cwt	512.50–560.00	2,549	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,804	5

How this sale compares

Nebraska weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Bassett Livestock Auction - Bassett, NE

Wed Jun 24, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 7,830Last week 3,200Year ago 8,075

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
445	1000–1050	1,010	338.00–348.75	342.93
983	1050–1100	1,070	320.00–333.00	324.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
193	800–850	831	407.00–412.00	408.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	426	606.00	606.00
22	450–500	498	565.00–580.00	575.91
15	500–550	503	575.00	575.00
117	550–600	583	505.00–539.00	518.90
392	600–650	629	481.00–512.00	496.70
287	650–700	679	464.00–488.00	476.52
476	700–750	717	446.00–465.00	457.89
343	750–800	771	416.00–433.00	423.73
40	800–850	824	376.00–389.00	380.22
171	850–900	866	380.00–385.50	384.79
165	900–950	933	352.00–364.25	361.47
408	950–1000	990	340.00–344.00	341.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
71	550–600	569	524.00	524.00
176	650–700	654	494.00	494.00
89	750–800	761	424.00	424.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	373	590.00	590.00
33	450–500	471	512.50–560.00	541.19
80	500–550	539	526.00–541.00	533.95
26	550–600	576	460.00–499.00	484.75
18	600–650	635	452.50–467.50	456.76
93	650–700	683	443.00–458.00	450.68
34	700–750	738	352.50–426.00	417.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
88	600–650	602	482.00	482.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	434	537.50	537.50
15	450–500	479	520.00	520.00
59	500–550	506	490.00–520.00	513.85
141	550–600	571	445.00–471.00	460.44
187	600–650	617	435.00–471.00	450.90
339	650–700	670	413.00–444.00	427.01
129	700–750	724	406.00–416.00	407.60
63	750–800	782	352.50–365.00	359.80
215	800–850	826	342.00–354.00	349.29
68	850–900	863	337.00	337.00
345	900–950	909	344.50	344.50
319	950–1000	993	317.25–323.75	322.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
82	550–600	571	513.00	513.00
82	600–650	648	440.00	440.00
72	650–700	673	442.00	442.00
70	750–800	766	420.00	420.00
32	800–850	820	402.00	402.00
42	850–900	868	347.00	347.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
28	450–500	472	540.00	540.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	431	445.00–500.00	467.49
20	450–500	480	485.00–496.00	492.01
53	500–550	540	457.50–485.00	473.37
20	550–600	581	441.00–443.00	441.50
95	600–650	629	405.00–430.00	425.06
26	650–700	673	372.50–405.00	396.37
5	700–750	738	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
130	850–900	873	350.00–354.00	351.97

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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